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Local names: Bogang (C. Bis.) ; bugang (C. Bis.); lidda (Ilk.); salin 

 (Bon.) ; sikal (Ibn.) ; talahib (Tag.) ; tibayo (Bag.) ; tigbau (S. L. Bis., 

 P. Bis.). 



9. POLLINIA Trinius 



POLLINIA ARGENTEA (Brongn.) Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 

 4 (1836) 90; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 (1889) 162; »Pilger in 

 Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 138; Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 

 (1906) Suppl. 265; Merr. op. cit. 325, Fl. Manila (1912) 77. 

 Eulalia argentea Brongn. Voy. Coqu. Bot. (1829) 92. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Rizal), 

 Semirara, Merrill U152, 108, Elmer 6k7U, B. S. 17850 Otanes, lJf216 Mc- 

 Gregor, 7815, 8092, 7831 Ramos. In open grasslands at low and medium 

 altitudes. India to Malaya and Australia. 



Var. LAGOPUS Hack, in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 35 (1906) 79; Merr. 

 in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 325. 

 Pollinia spedosa Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 138, non 

 Hack. 

 Luzon (Ilocos Norte, Lepanto, Bontoc, Benguet, Pampanga), Mindoro, 

 Palawan, Merrill h222, 3902, 4365, 4535, U72, B. S. 32753, 32779, 5849 Ramos. 

 In open grasslands at low and medium altitudes, ascending to 1,600 m. 

 Endemic. 



POLLINIA CONTORTA (Brongn.) comb. nov. 



Pogonatherum contortum Brongh. Bot. Voy. Coqu. Bot. (1829) 90, 



t. 17. 

 Andropogon koretrostachys Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 2 

 (1833) 273; Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 380; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 3 (1857) 484; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 316. 

 Pollinia articulata Trin. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. VI 4 (1836) 90; 

 F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 315; Hack, in DC. Monog. Phan. 6 

 (1889) 153 (subsp. fragilis Hack. var. setifolia Hack.) ; Merr. in 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 324; Pilger in Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 138. 

 Pollinia setifolia Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 

 88; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 521; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 

 315; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 158, Rev, PI. Vase. Filip. 

 (1886) 290. 

 Andropogon asthenostachys Steud. Syn. PI. Glum. 1 (1854) 381; Miq. 



Fl. Ind. Bat. /3 (1857) 485. 

 Eulalia contorta 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 775. 

 Luzon (Cagayan, Isabela, Abra, Lepanto, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya), 

 Mindanao (Bukidnon), Merrill 317, B. S. 20141 McGregor, 7035, 8121, 

 7809, 4737 Ramos, F. B. 5875 Curran, 22128 Alvarez, 16460 Bacani. In 

 open grasslands chiefly at medium altitudes. Burma, southern China, 

 Moluccas, Australia. 



Local name: Sangumati (Buk.). 



POLLINIA FULVA (R. Br.) Benth. Fl. Austral. 7 (1878) 526. 

 Saccharum fulvum R. Br. Prodr. (1810) 203. 

 Pollinia cumingii Nees in Hook. Journ. Bot. Kew Miscel. 2 (1850) 



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